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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening resistance. By contrast, the narrowing of the frontage made it easier for the defender to switch his local reserves to any threatened point on the defensive arc.
- Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart
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April 25
1915: Allie operations at Gallipoli begin
1915: VC won by Capt Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger, Canadian Army Medical Corps attached to the 14th Battalion, CEF, Ypres, France
1951: The PPCLI relieved at Kapyong
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